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A national consultation on LDC Graduation and Sustainable Development of Bangladesh took place on 27 February 2018at the CIRDARP auditorium, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The programme was organized by LDC Watch in collaboration with the National Focal Point in Bangladesh – COAST. Rd. Quiz Khaliquzzaman Ahmed, Chairman PKSF was the Chair of the seminar. Dr. Shamsul Alam, Senior Secretary of GED and member of planning commission as a special guest, Md....

Kathmandu, December 29, 2017
LDC Watch and its national focal point Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN) jointly held a talk programme at RRN Head Office today with the aim of disseminating information among the staff members about the global developments on the issues concerning Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the objectives of LDC Watch and its working areas. RRN has been the national focal point of LDC Watch and hosting LDC Watch International...

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Consultative Meeting of LDCs and Friends of LDCs on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in LDCs28 June 2017, Glen Cove Mansion, Glen Cove, New York
Mr. Gauri Pradhan with Ms Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu, High-Representative and Under-Secretary-General for UN OHRLLS
Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I thank UN OHRLLS for providing me this space to speak on behalf of LDC CSOs at this “Consultative Meeting of LDCs and...

Dakar, Senegal21- 22 June 2017Respectable ChairRepresentative of the Government of SenegalFellow Delegates from Different countries of West AfricaLadies and Gentlemen,
First of all, I, on behalf of LDC Watch, would like to extend my warm welcome to all of you for coming here in Dakar, Senegal to make the West African Regional Consultation on Graduation of LDCs in Reference to IPoA and SDGs a success.
About the Regional Consultation:
The general...

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Kathmandu, 12 December 2017
The 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) of World Trade Organisation (WTO), which will see the gathering of officials from 164 member countries, has convened in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 10 to 13 December 2017. A wide number of agenda that carry specific concern to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) including agriculture domestic support, Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM), Public Stockholding (PSH), fisheries...

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- Gauri Pradhan
Most least developed countries (LDCs), including Nepal, have ample potential for renewable and clean energy. But they seldom tap that potential. Consequently, 70 percent of the 900 million people living in the 48 least LDCs have limited access to energy. In other words, citizens of seven out of 10 LDCs do not have electricity in their homes.
Women and children spend hours collecting fuel for cooking, building fire, fetching...

DR. ARJUN KARKI
We can't think of poverty eradication and sustainable development while ignoring the development needs of the poorest and the most vulnerable LDCs. It is‚ therefore‚ a prerequisite that LDCs be kept at the centre-stage of the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Even after four UN Conferences and four specific Programmes of Action for addressing special development challenges of LDCs, the number of LDCs has doubled from 24 in 1971 to 48...

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UNOHRLLS is organising a Voices of a Brighter Future journalists competition to bring local sustainable energy stories from least developed countries to a global audience. The competition is looking for inspiring stories on how sustainable energy positively impacts communities and individuals in the least Developed Countries, and it is calling on journalists to submit stories about how sustainable energy is positively affecting communities in...